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Friday, April 2, 2010

May It Be

"May it be an evening star Shines down upon you May it be when darkness falls Your heart will be true You walk a lonely road Oh! How far you are from home"

-Enya

Work on Evenstar seems to be progressing at a fast clip (or as fast as one can go at 560 stitches a round.) Everyone is doing such beautiful work! I am inspired and amazed and so wish I could share mine with all of you...sigh...soon...

I am really pleased with how the Fellowship patterns are coming along. Dwarrowdelf goes out to test knitters next week, and Rivendell is almost ready to release. Test knitters are finishing up, so I will write it up and proof it next week. April 9th at the latest.

Here are some shots of my completed Rivendell.

I am hoping to talk my lovely DIL into modeling it for me on Easter. Pretty please????

The arches remind me of Rivendell's glorious architecture.

This pattern was not included in the original Fellowship of the Ring patterns. I had a glimmering of the idea, but had not located the proper yarn.

Tolkien used color so prominently in his writing. In this case, he used autumnal hues to communicate the elegiac nature of the Elven civilization. This is a race which is nearing the end of its time in middle earth.

When I saw the colors of the Netherfield Evolution from Twisted Fiber Arts, I knew I had to use it. The base yarn is Muse, a lovely sport weight combo of silk & wool - light, soft, elegant, and it drapes beautifully. One ball is all you need. I used maybe 275 yds. of mine.

Rivendell will be a $6 pattern, but I will put an additional button on the sidebar just for FotR subscribers - your price will be $4. Please do not use this if you are not a subscriber - I will check.

Here is a sneaky peek at another add on, this time in Twisted Fiber Arts Kabam - a fingering weight bamboo blend.

This is my Goldberry scarf. And it shades from silvery green to turquoise blue. More about it in later posts.

Good grief Susan, you are absolutely amazing - how do you find the time to do all that you do? The Rivendell Shawl so represents that scene. You truly are a remarkable designer!hugs from Chagrin Falls, Ohio and Tora

I love your new Goldberry Scarf,but I can't even find that yarnon a website. Can you tell uswhere to go to buy it? I loveall your work, but can't do toomuch knitting right now. Haveseveral of your patterns. Lovethem.

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writer, knitter, designer, Quaker, mother of two, wife of one, seeker of enlightenment, child of God (not neccesarily in that order) I am a classically trained musician,who used to sing opera. Graduate of the WORD program in writing as ministry at Earlham School of Religion. I am 54 years young.
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